The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-02-11
LETTER FROM FLINT CREEK


FLINT CREEK Miss, Jan. 81, 1887
Editor Demoerat-Star.
| suppose you have heard that
we are to ahaye Il. railroad. IL
seems 10 be All absolute certainty
now, and indeed cur people are
standing .on tiptoe With spiide,
since our county has subscribed
towards It's stock. We can, With
some pIopriety, cali the Gulf and
Ship Island oar road. This road
has been The dream OF years, but It
is pow time to quit dreaming, to
awake from our slumbers, put
every shoulder to ihe wheel aud
/ bnild up our county, help the coun-
ty to build herself up. She Is
struggling from center to cifcnnl-
ference for boom. Ii any body is
under the impression that a rail
road is all We need they are sadly
mistaken, that's all about if. The
past has been given to dreaming,
! the present and lntnre is the time
for reality, Ii has been said that
'slife is just what we make it." 1t
| this be true, how much more true
il it that country is just what we
make it. We hope to be permitted
to ride UP and down this liHo aud
gAze out at the herds of thorough
bred stock, as tbeJ graze on neatly
arranged aud well titled farms
along the line, and we feel that we
will sec various products OF the soil
| nut aboard the cars aud billed TO
i the popular cities of the north aud
northwest at a profit to their ship
pers. If "Snap Beans" should be
shipped north in great quantities
We would not be at all surprised.
| The line of the road as surveyed
| by Engineer Brown, runs five miles
west of Flint Greek postoffice, pass
ing very near ten mile church;
} where think it highly probable q
depot will be pat, the location being
between Red creek and ten mile
creek. The valley between these
creeks is about one halt a mile III
width and offers beautiful site f0t
u depot.
TilIers of The soil are fixing up
for The coming crop, repairing old
fences aud clearing new land, log
rollings and rail-splittings, with an
occasional ShiRdig or sail r0aRd are
having "a high run. Sheep owuers
are on the alert, the lalnbiug sua-
son being at hand, hogs and wild
cats are coming to the front, claim
lug their rights, owners OF sheep
with dog aud gun are contesling
those rights, heneasth he deep aud
hidden forests is 81 Times made the
scene OF bloody encounters. 1t is
vet undecided who Will get the
inost wool aud mutton.
A right funny stoty IS told on one
of our neighbors, who went to Moss
Point sometime since on business.
and who was evidently an untray
eled young man Of the backwo0ds
variety. We give it as we got II
and do not vouch for its truth
fuIness, but have a present
ment that it is made MP OF more
truth than fiction, and runs as
follows: lie takes the train AT
Mississippi City, aud arriving al
Scranton, he fO0ts it up to tho Point
in order TO savo hack fare; hero ht
calls on the mill man and receives
payment flor his timber. which
amounted to two or three hundred
dollars. This done, DC is in the act
of starting back TO Scranton to take
the evening train, when-lo! he
hears the shrek OF the engine en-
tering Scranton. Tho distance is
ionr miles, but he was not to ba
outdome in any such style as that
so with the spacd almost OF . grey
hound, and wind to match hisspeed
he It ont down tho sandy road to
catch tho train. Ie put his legs
| on "A test case and soon found he
was there all tired out, dripping with
perspiration, only to see. the tram
! pull ont on its western mission,
needless of his cries and waving
h,nds. Hero he was in strange
land without money or friends ton
! he was afraid to own that he had
any money, tor fear of being rob
bed). A kiud-hoarted gentleman
approached him and banded him 1
half dollar and sent hlm to u hcte
TO cool off aud wait tor the mex
train. SNAP BEANS.